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Other points in the CNN poll:

• Debate watchers though Obama came across as more intelligent by 57 percent to 25 percent.
• Sixty percent said Obama more clearly expressed his views compared to 30 percent for McCain.
• McCain was seen as the candidate more on the attack by 63 percent to 17 percent.
• Obama was 13 points ahead of McCain when it came to who viewers thought more directly answered questions .
• Obama had a 14 point margin over McCain on who seemed to care more about the prob ems of audience members who asked questions.
• Viewers said McCain came across more than Obama as a typical politician by a 16 points margin.

The CBS News poll of uncommitted voters had Obama winning 40 percent to 26 percent with 34 percent calling the debate a tie.

Overall, the CBS poll said that those who thought Obama won "volunteered that Obama was knowledgeable and specific on the issues - some mentioned his understanding of foreign policy, health care, and country's energy needs. Many felt that McCain was short on specifics, and was more negative and angry."

Other highlights in the survey:

• The number of these voters who thought Obama would make the right decisions about the economy rose from 55 percent before the debate to 68 percent. Forty-one percent said before the debate that McCain would make the right decision and that rose to 48 percent.
• Fifty-one percent said before the debate that Obama was the better candidate to bring about change and that rose to 63 percent. Twenty-three percent said before the debate that McCain was the "change" candidate and that rose after the debate to 38 percent.
• Seventy-seven percent said before the debate that McCain was prepared to be President and that rose to 82 percent. Forty-two percent said pre-debate that Obama was prepared and that rose to 58 percent.